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宾之初筵 - Bin Zhi Chu Yan

English translation: James Legge [?]
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3 宾之初筵:
宾之初筵、温温其恭。
其未醉止、威仪反反。
曰既醉止、威仪幡幡。
舍其坐迁、屡舞仙仙
其未醉止、威仪抑抑。
曰既醉止、威仪怭怭。
是曰既醉、不知其秩。
Bin Zhi Chu Yan:
When the guests first approach the mats,
All harmonies are they and reverent.
Before they have drunk too much,
Their deportment is carefully observant of propriety;
But when they have drunk too much,
Their deportment becomes light and frivolous:
They leave their seats, and go elsewhere,
They keep dancing and capering.
Before they have drunk too much,
Their deportment is cautious and grave:
But when they have drunk too much,
Their deportment becomes indecent and rude:
Thus when they have too mcuh,
They lose all sense of orderliness.

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